Trousers.



VPATENTED JUNE'Q, 1903.-

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No. 730,741. v

forcing-strip 5. round wire for this purpose, as a metal piece l crease.

UNITED STAT-Es ARTHUR T.

raten-'ea' .rune e, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

BUSVELL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASNSIGNOR OF ONE- A HALF TO JOHNEMISON, OF NEWT YORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,741, dated J une 9,1903.

Application led January 147. 1902. Serial No. 90.209. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR T. BUswELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Trousers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in forming grooves orcreases in the legs of trousers; and it consists in the construction andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective Viewr of a portion of atrousers-leg, showingr the means of forming a crease therein. Fig. 2 isa transverse vertical section of a portion of the trousers-leg as shownby Fig. 3, illustrating the completed crease. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of a portion of a trousers-leg broken away, showing the creaseproduced with a part of the devices used to complete the structurewithdrawn. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the creasing devicesfully removed.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several Views.

The numeral l designates a pressing-board which has in one side two ormore V-shaped grooves 2 of varying size extending longitudinallythereof. The object of said variety of grooves is to provide for thevarying thicknesses of cloth of which trousers are com posed. Theremaining devices employed in carrying out the construction of thecrease comprise a wire former 3, a cement strip 4:, and a rein- I do notconfine myself to a of dierent shape may be used.

In carrying outthe construction the trousersleg to be creased is irstpressed in the ordinary Way, leaving the temporary longitudinal creaseor demarcation, which serves asa guidein adjusting and aiiixing thepermanent The leg is then turned inside out and the pressing-boardtherefor is inserted therein, the saidboard being so positionedoradjusted as to bring one of the grooves 2 under the temporary creaseor portion of the trousersleg in which it is desired to produce thepermanent crease. After the board has been inserted in the trousers-legthe wire former 3 is placed on the upper side portion of the goodsdirectly over the groove 2 to be creased and pressed with the goods downinto the groove. The cement strip 4 is then applied over thepartially-completed crease, and on the cement strip is disposed areinforcingstrip 5 of suitable thin fabric, the stripsll and 5 being ofequal width and extend over on the goods at opposite sides of thecrease. The cement strip 4 is composed of whatis commonly known asgutta-percha or rubber tissue. l do not confine myself to guttapercha orrubber tissue. Any glue or sticky' substance which can be applied to andwill hold the reinforced strip to the leg of the trousers and will notallow the crease to return to original shape may be used. After theparts are thus arranged a hot Hat-iron is run over the reinforced strip5 to melt the cement strip 4 and cause a reliable adhesion of thereinforce-strip 5 to the -goods of the trousers-leg, so as to space saidgroove from the reinforcing-strip. It will be understood by thoseskilled in the art of tailoring that the cement strip practicallydisappears and the reinforce-strip 5 prevents the goods from returningto or resuming its original shape, and thereby the crease will bemaintained in the goods. After the reinforce-strip 5 is secured as setforth the pressing-board is withdrawn and the wire former 3 is pulledout of the crease, as shown by Fig. 2, said former being primarily longenough to project beyond the end of the leg of the trousers forconvenience in grasping the same. It' being desirable to make the creaseof varying prominence at different portions of the leg, one or moremetallic formers of different sizes may be employed for this purpose,according to the size of the groove desired.

/From the foregoing it-Will be seen that a permanent crease can beproduced in trousers-legs by a simple and effective construction, and bythe preservation of the crease trousers-legs will also be prevented fromlosat the same time trousers so treated will alapex of said groove beingspaced from the re- Ways have a neat and dressy appearance.inforcing-strip, substantially as specified.

Having thus fully described the invention, In testimony whereof I affixmy signature what is claimed as new isin presence of two Witnesses.

A pair of trousers having in each leg por- ARTHUR T. BUSWELL. tion acrease or groove, a cement strip, and a Witnesses: reinforce-strip, thesaid cement strip and re- BERTRAM A. HILLARD, in force-strip beingapplied to the material of JOHN H. BLANCHARD.

ing their spring or bagging at the knees, and the legs over said creaseor groove and the Io

